End of March I held a workshop at the Alte Feuerwache in Friedrichshain for students, where they created their own collages. In April I did a guided tour throuh my solo exhibition with a lot of interested guests.

As some of you know I worked until 2008 next to my art also as a performing artist. Ever since I go back to this field every summer as a volunteer to organise the shows at the European Juggling Convention which is in a different european country every year – this summer the convention was in Lublin, Poland.

In August I was invited by the group BLOCK to an artists residency in Erdöszölö in Hungary, where I worked with other international artists. There I made big progress with my grafitti layered works. At the end we had a group exhibition in Budapest.

To travel and be on the road belongs to my work and so I went on straight after the convention in Poland and the residency in Hungary to visit a little paradise in Slovenia to take a rest before throwing ourselves into the art marathon at Venice Biennali.

The Venice Biennali is something you can’t really describe, you have to see and experience it to understand… or not to understand. I am not always a big fan oft he exhibited art there, but I really like the event itself, it is totally worth a visit, as well as Venice in general.

Every year in November I donate one of my works to the Telefonseelsorge so they can auction it for charity. First they present it at mianki.Gallery in a preview and a few days later it is auctioned at Berlinische Galerie. Nice way to help.

After a lot of prework and advertising Björn and me organised our first ArtDinner in Berlin in October. Every seat was booked and the people came from all over Germany and Switzerland to join us for the first dinner. A lot oft hem took the opportunity to combine the event with a visit of Berlin and my studio.

And now I want to thank all the people, who helped and supported me this past year. The biggest thank you goes to my assistant Britt J. Heinker. Also I thank Björn for his energetic support, it was truely joyful to have someone by my side who understands what I am doing, why I am doing it and who is happy to celebrate my success with me. Then I also thank my parents for the always very positive position towards my art; the many good friends, who constantly support me on my path… and of course all my collectors and buyers, who make it possible for me to actually live of my art – THANK YOU!